Sion 시온

Sion is a Korean given name, used for any gender. In hangul it is written 시온. Like most Korean names it can also be written in hanja, and the characters chosen decide what it means — the same sound can be written 1,416 different ways.

Other spellings

The same name is romanized in several ways: Sion, Si-on. They are all 시온.

Five Elements (Ohaeng)

In Korean naming tradition each syllable carries an element, decided by the consonant it starts with. This is what a name sounds like in terms of energy.

  • (starts with )Metalclarity, resolve, refinement
  • (starts with )Earthsteadiness, trust, holding things together

Hanja used for Sion

These are hanja characters legally registrable for each syllable, with their dictionary meanings. A parent picks one character per syllable, and that combination becomes the written meaning of the name.

59 characters can be used

  • this, right이 시/옳을 시
  • time때 시
  • bestow, grant베풀 시
  • beginning, first비로소 시
  • poem시 시
  • show, display보일 시
  • see, look볼 시
  • market저자 시

24 characters can be used

  • warm; stack따뜻할 온/쌓을 온
  • peaceful, stable편안할 온
  • accumulate; pondweed쌓을 온/붕어마름 온
  • peaceful, stable편안할 온
  • wise, virtuous어질 온
  • peaceful, stable편안할 온
  • brew빚을 온
  • old cotton헌솜 온

Names sharing a syllable

Sion belongs to someone else. Yours is drawn from your own birth chart — the four pillars of your birth date and hour decide which elements your name should carry.

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